15 Apr 2020 0 Comment

Coming Out

Coming Out Author: Hilde Raastad These days, I dream of coming outs. I want to see kids playing in the parks, friends hugging in the streets, classrooms filled with students and church pews crammed with people holding hands. I dream...
7 Apr 2020 0 Comment

Don Quixote

Don Quixote Author: John Bisceglia So if anyone is in Christ, there a new creation: everything old has passed away; see everything has become new! 2 Corinthians 5:17 In Cervantes’ prophetic novel we see on the surface an old man...
2 Apr 2020 0 Comment

Holy Week

Worship Join us from the comfort of your couch as we worship together on Facebook and YouTube. After our worship service broadcasts, there will be a time of fellowship through Zoom. See the new Sunday morning email for a reminder on...
31 Mar 2020 0 Comment

Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer

Reflections on the Lord's Prayer Author: Tom Stiers I was raised in an atmosphere of Methodist piety. Sunday evenings we had family prayers and Bible reading. At each evening meal my father said grace. At our United Methodist Church...
24 Mar 2020 0 Comment

God’s Watering Can

God’s Watering Can Author: Susan Rose I am so intrigued by the enormous spectrum of human willingness or resistance to notice and honor the Divine. And there are so many ways in which God nourishes the growth of individual...
22 Mar 2020 0 Comment

COVID-19 Relief

Special Offering for COVID-19 Relief For the next 4 weeks, we will receive a special offering to serve those in our wider community most vulnerable to the financial, social, and mental health effects of the Coronavirus. At that time,...
17 Mar 2020 0 Comment

Fearful

Fearful Author: Nicole Speer Ask and it will be given you; search and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. -Matthew 7:7 As someone who struggles with anxiety disorders, fear is a near-constant presence in my...
13 Mar 2020 0 Comment

The Spirit of Adoption

Worship Service You can also download a pdf file of the bulletin here. PRELUDE               Organ Symphony in B minor                     E. Andree...
10 Mar 2020 0 Comment

Barbie vs Superman

Barbie vs Superman   Author: John Bisceglia "Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they...
5 Mar 2020 0 Comment

“Face” Time Photo Directory at First Congregational Church

“Face” Time Photo Directory at First Congregational Church Our goal is to have the new photo directory in people’s hands by fall kick off - September 13th. To meet this goal, we need everyone to help update their info and submit...